If there is one theme that will be the topic of digital business this year, it is mobile.ComScore, which tracks Web and mobile usage, published a report about what happened in 2012, and what to expect in 2013.It shows that the effects of a movement toward mobile are everywhere, from shopping to media to search. According to the report, “2013 could spell a very rocky economic transition,” and businesses...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Says Government Will Resign
Label: World SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's prime minister says his center-right government will resign amid nationwide social protests. Boiko Borisov told Parliament on Wednesday that he would hand in his resignation after the regular Cabinet meeting later in the day. The move comes as tens of thousands of protesters across the country — which is an EU member — hit the streets in the weekend...
Feb
19
Japan Finds Swelling in Second Boeing 787 Battery
Label: BusinessTOKYO (Reuters) - Cells in a second lithium-ion battery on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner forced to make an emergency landing in Japan last month showed slight swelling, a Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) official said on Tuesday. The jet, flown by All Nippon Airways Co, was forced to make the landing after its main battery failed. "I do not know the exact discussion taken by the research...
National Briefing | South: Abortion Curbs Clear Senate in Arkansas
Label: Health The State Senate voted 25 to 7 on Monday to ban most abortions 20 weeks into a pregnancy. The measure goes back to the House to consider an amendment that added exceptions for rape and incest. The legislation is based on the belief that fetuses can feel pain 20 weeks into a pregnancy, and is similar to bans in several other states. Opponents say it would require mothers to deliver babies with fatal...
National Briefing | South: Abortion Curbs Clear Senate in Arkansas
Label: Lifestyle The State Senate voted 25 to 7 on Monday to ban most abortions 20 weeks into a pregnancy. The measure goes back to the House to consider an amendment that added exceptions for rape and incest. The legislation is based on the belief that fetuses can feel pain 20 weeks into a pregnancy, and is similar to bans in several other states. Opponents say it would require mothers to deliver babies with fatal...
China’s Army Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.
Label: TechnologyThis 12-story building on the outskirts of Shanghai is the headquarters of Unit 61398 of the People’s Liberation Army. China’s defense ministry has denied that it is responsible for initiating digital attacks. On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People’s Liberation Army base for China’s growing corps of cyberwarriors. ...
IHT Rendezvous: Women Killed as 'Witches,' in Papua New Guinea, in 2013
Label: WorldBEIJING — “They’re going to cook the sanguma”, or witchcraft, “mama!”This terrifying cry by Papua New Guinean children opens “It’s 2013, and They’re Burning ‘Witches’,” a long and eloquent report in The Global Mail, an Australia-based online news site.It was published last week before news shot around the world on Tuesday that the police in Papua New Guinea, in another case, had charged two people...
Feb
18
Allure of Self-Insurance Draws Concern Over Costs
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — Federal and state officials and consumer advocates have grown worried that companies with relatively young, healthy employees may opt out of the regular health insurance market to avoid the minimum coverage standards in President Obama’s sweeping law, a move that could drive up costs for workers at other companies. Companies can avoid many standards in the new law by insuring...
Well: Health Effects of Smoking for Women
Label: HealthThe title of a recent report on smoking and health might well have paraphrased the popular ad campaign for Virginia Slims, introduced in 1968 by Philip Morris and aimed at young professional women: “You’ve come a long way, baby.”Today that slogan should include: “…toward a shorter life.” Ten years shorter, in fact.The new report is one of two rather shocking analyses of the hazards of smoking and...
Well: Health Effects of Smoking for Women
Label: LifestyleThe title of a recent report on smoking and health might well have paraphrased the popular ad campaign for Virginia Slims, introduced in 1968 by Philip Morris and aimed at young professional women: “You’ve come a long way, baby.”Today that slogan should include: “…toward a shorter life.” Ten years shorter, in fact.The new report is one of two rather shocking analyses of the hazards of smoking and...
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